College of Health and Human Services
Master of Science in Clinical Research Administration
at EMU–Brighton

Program of Study

Students meet with the graduate coordinator to devise a 33– 40 credit-hour plan to fulfill the program
requirements, which include:
• 13 credit hours of required program courses
• 14–17 credit hours of program electives or cognate elective courses
• 3–6 credit hours of project or thesis
Required Program Courses
• CLRA 510 Introduction to Drug Development (3)
• CLRA 520 Clinical Study Management I (3)
• CLRA 530 Clinical Study Management II (3)
• CLRA 540 Advanced Topics in Clinical Research Administration (3)
• CLRA 601 Graduate Seminar in Clinical Research (1)
• CLRA 692/695 Thesis/Project (3–6 credits)
Program Elective Courses
• CLSC 501 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3)
• CLRA 550 Preceptorship in Drug Development (3)
• CLRA 561 Legal Issues in Drug Development (2)
• CLRA 571 Grants and Contracts Management for Research Administrators (3)
• CLRA 581 Regulatory Affairs and Drug Development (3)
• CLRA 597 Special Topics: Ethical Considerations in Health Care (1–3)
Cognate Elective Courses
• HLAD 511 Health Law (3)
• HLAD 510 Medical Care Organization (3)
• NURS 500 Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
• NURS 610 Research Design, Methods and Analysis (3)
• CHEM 411 Toxicology I (2)
• CHEM 412 Toxicology II (2)
• CHEM414 Regulatory Toxicology (2)
• CHEM 515 Industrial and Environmental Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 555 Neurochemistry (3)
• CHEM 571 Advanced Organic Chemistry (3)
• BIOL 542 Molecular Genetics (3)